Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 3 vs T14s Gen 6 (Snapdragon)
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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 3
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
- Better webcam recording quality
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 (Snapdragon)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 390 grams less (around 0.86 lbs)
- Can run popular games at about 55-75% higher FPS
- Around 79% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a a little bigger (~10%) battery – 58 against 52.5 watt-hours
- Much smaller footprint: 24% more compact case (106.6 vs 139.8 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.63 kg (3.59 lbs) | 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 359.7 x 250.8 x 19.64 mm 14.16 x 9.87 x 0.77 inches |
313.6 x 219.4 x 16.9 mm 12.35 x 8.64 x 0.67 inches |
| Area | 902 cm2 (139.8 inches2) | 688 cm2 (106.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.3% | ~82.6% |
| Side bezels | 7.5 mm | 6.1 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black |
| Material | Plastic | Top: Carbon fiber Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 46.2 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | - |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | - |
Screen space comparison
ThinkPad T16 Gen 3
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 (Snapdragon)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~30% more screen space
| Contrast | 1000:1 | 1000:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 79.8% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 79% | - |
| Response time | 29 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 45 / 65 / 100 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 400 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.3 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.3 GHz | - |
| Cores | 12 (2P + 10E) | 12 |
| Threads | 14 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 14 W | 30 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1850 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 8.45 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 1536 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 96 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 48 |
| GPU performance | 1.9 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Solar Bay | - | 9114 |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 8448 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 64 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3287 | Qualcomm WCD9385 |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | ~79 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2560 x 1440 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.5 mm |
| Size | 11.5 x 6.7 cm | 11.5 x 7.4 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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